The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-07-27
THE KING BEES AND DRoNEs OF
COMMERCE.


La friend cut the following from an
Australian paper, and thinks it suits
some towns on this side of the water:l
Men may properly be divided into two
general classes. One sits down and looks
out for something to turn up, while the
other goes to work to turn something up.
A majority of the first will keep town,
with all the natural advantages in the
world, from amounting to anything,
while the other class, if they are in the
majority, will make town grow in spite
OF seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
You can go into plenty towns to look
around, talk with the leading citizens and
they will tell you of the wonderful advan-
tages of the place, and they are sure the
town will grow sometime. Here is good
opening for fruit canning factory, lots
of fruit; soil especially adapted for it's
growth; good railroad facilities, and the
business would pay. What inducements
would you offer? Oh ! this is such good
point we couldn't do anything in the way
of offering bonus. Any man who wants
to invest In that kind of business, IL he
would only come here and see the advan-
tages our place has, would not ask any
bonus. All we have got to do is wait un-
Til such man comes along, and then the
thing will turn all right Another has
Special advantages for creamery; an
other a foundry and machine shop; an.
other needs Touring mill or wooden
mill, and they sit down and wait for
something to turn up in the shape of a
man with capital who is willing to take
all the risks, and start up his business
where the whole community will derive a
benefit; but are not willing to give him
any encouragement except advice--and
they would not even get this IL it was of
any value.
AND THEY SIT AND WAIT
and live along, their town nearly dead,
with only local trade, until these sell
out or die and give way to different
class, who realize the fact that there are
thousands of places waiting for some-
thing to turn up, with some special ad.
vantages for particular branches of manu-
featuring, and go to work and offer some-
thing else besides good location and adj
vice. Mems judgments may sometimes
be at fault. A place, from simply look
ing over the field, may seem to possess
natural advantages for particular line
of manufacturing. But the investor must
take all the unforeseen chances. Things
unlocked for, circumstances over which
he can have no possible control, may arise
so that even in a town that seems to have
all the natural advantages necessary to
success the business may prove failure.
Not from any Encouragement on account
of the owner, but simply from unforeseen
natural causes, and the man who has,
perhaps, used his own Judgment may
lose all. OF course the argument can be
made that be must take the risks, that in
all branches of business there is more or
less risk, which those embarking are
obliged to take; but in manufacturing of
almost any kind where the investment of
land, buildings and machinery are neces-
sary, there is certainly considerably more
risk in starting up new business than In
the ordinary line of other trade. Go to
some towns and you will be met by an en-
tirely different spirit. And If you mean
business, will find citizens willing to extend
aid that will be of substantial nature. Such |
towns, where this class os people live. |
grow. They make business they en-
courage manufactures, bring customers
and make moro business. Manufacture |
ing towns contain more or less non.pro-
ducers, but they are consumers, and |
create demand for everything the farm
or raises. This bring, the farmer to the |
town to sell products and as natural con-
sequence increases the amount of bust
ness. This makes more non-producers |
and increases the number Of consumers,
and this still makes or creates more BUSH
ness. Natural advantages count but lit
tie against energy and business enter
prise. With these necessaries they may |
be made valuable. But the class that sit |
down and wait for something to turn up |
viii not be the ones to take advantage Of
This. ---Ee.